Obama awaiting super-secure BlackBerry delivery
The BlackBerry One, for presidents only
BlackBerry maker Research in Motion has designed a new model, but you’ll never get your hands on one because this emailer’s been designed with just one person in mind: Barack Obama.
Obama’s BlackBerry love has been well documented, but according to various online reports, he’ll soon take delivery of a super-secure model designed to ensure calls and emails to and from the President stay out of unauthorised hands.
Already unofficially dubbed the BlackBerry One – for obvious reasons – it’s been claimed that Obama’s BlackBerry will feature SecureVoice encryption software developed, in part, by US security agency the NSA.
But Obama’s BlackBerry – models of which will also be issued to family members – won’t guarantee super-fast connections. It’s thought email delivery could take up to 50 minutes because sunglass-wearing security agents must first check his emails for viruses and, possibly, offers for Viagra pills.
Hopefully, the BlackBerry One will also be equipped with other presidential-grade phone features, such as a bulletproof touchscreen, a second battery supply and a Kevlar coating. ®
COMMENTS
If GSM and 3G encryption isn't good enough for the prez
Then it must be as easy as opening a can of coke for a ne'er do well with the right equipment so what aren't we being told.
I bet that...
.... based on my experience with the current crop of Blackberry phones, it'll be full of so many bugs Obama will be resorting to carrier pigeons and morse code within months...
are presidents noted for
Shooting their phones? I thought that was vice presidents and old men?
Lets hope
they made it puppy proof, or the dog is trained not to pee on Blackberry's
